Steelstown

28 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Steelstown, from 48 m² to 172,639 m² (17.26 ha, 42.66 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 16 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• P1RU (Agriculture)
  South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 27 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 6 Nov 2025Grant permission

  Replacement of existing septic tanks to two number existing dwellings with two number individual domestic wastewater treatment systems to current EPA standards each domestic waste water treatment system serving a single dwelling and all associated site works.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD25B/0635W

• 22 Oct 2025Grant permission

  Extension to side of existing dwelling and incorporating existing garage in to proposed extension to form independent living unit. Construct new garage and associated site works

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD25B/0156W

• 9 Oct 2024Refuse permission

  The development will consist of change of use of existing agriculture buildings (561m2) and yard area on a site of .2016ha for the storage of green waste for transportation to a licensed composting facility and the storage of certified compost which is intended to be sold for use as animal bedding and fertilizer and all ancillary development. The proposed activity requires a Waste Facility Permit from South Dublin County Council.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD24A/0222W

• 10 Apr 2024Declared not exempt

  Use of an existing agriculture building (561m2) on a site of .2016ha for the storage of green waste for collection by a licensed composting facility and the storage of certified organic compost which is intended to be sold for use as animal bedding and fertiliser.

  Declaration of exemption sect. 5 · South Dublin County Council, ED24/0016

• 1 Feb 2022Refuse permission

  (a) Change of use of existing unused horse stables (151.34sqm.) to a two bedroom, single storey, detached private annex dwelling to the main house on the same site. The new dwelling will be used by members of the same family and be served by existing access and car parking at the main house. No changes to the footprint of the existing building are proposed. (b) Permission is also sought for associated landscaping, foul and surface water drainage an all associated site works necessary to facilitate development.

  Permission, 1 home · South Dublin County Council, SD22A/0027

• 24 Oct 2013Refuse permission for retention

  Retention of material change of use from car park to use as fuel dispensing facility. The development comprises LPG Calor tank and dispensing pump; portacabin used as an office space; filling and safety signage and advertising (high level) signage.

  Retention · South Dublin County Council, SD13A/0215

• 19 Jul 2007Recommended decision

  Application for Registration of a Quarry under Section 261 of Planning & Development Act 2000.

  Quarry registration · South Dublin County Council, SDQU05A/4

• 20 Apr 2005Grant permission for retention

  534m2 of temporary office/staff facilities on 1/2 floor/s in 1 no. block (5.95m high) together with 11m2 freestanding Comms./IT block (3m high), entrance, service utilities, boundary fences, parking, septic tank and percolation area.

  Retention · South Dublin County Council, SD04A/0842

• 28 Feb 2001Refuse permission

  Revision to roof design on granted planning permission, Ref. S00A/0449

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, S01B/0108

• 25 Sept 2000Grant permission

  Dormer bungalow, bio cycle effluent treatment unit and stables.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, S00A/0449

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Steelstown.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Steelstown.

Architectural heritage

• Steelstown Lodge, gate lodge, 1875–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached seven-bay single-storey former gate lodge to the Johnstown-Kennedy Estate, built in 1879, now in use as a private house. Originally an L-plan, but now a T-plan, the house having been extended in modern times to the north-east in the style of the original house. Rendered, ruled and lined walls with large granite footing. Open-bed pediments to the centre bay of the original house, copied to the north-easternmost bay to the rere. Round-headed timber sash windows with granite sills throughout resting on granite consoles with elaborately carved stone hoods and keystones. Pilasters to corners. Portico to the front entrance with a large granite column supporting an architrave with dentil moulding and sunken panels. Carved stone shield to each of three gables. Pitched and hipped slate roofs with rendered chimney stacks and decorated yellow terracotta chimneypots.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2942 (ZIP).

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

No address of the register names Steelstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.

Name

Steelstown · Baile Stíl

Area

620,320 m² (62.03 ha, 153.28 acres)

Civil parish

Newcastle, and its townlands

Barony

Newcastle

Electoral division

Rathcoole, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Rathcoole electoral division: 6,590 people in 2,172 households; 79% of households own their home; 56% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bustyhill, Colmanstown, Huttonread (Co. Kildare), Newtown Lower, Windmillhill

Placenames

Steelstown on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address; old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.